"The word sounded alien in his mouth, as if spoken by someone else. There was an urgency in his own voice that Bosch didn't recognize. The simple hello he had whispered into the telephone was full of hope, almost desperation. But the voice that came back to him was not the one he needed to hear." Chapter 1, pg. 7

"'In this department there is only one race,' he said. 'Not black or white. Just the blue race.'" Chapter 2, pg. 25

"Howard Elias's notoriety as a civil rights attorney did not come to him because of the clients he served—they could best be described as ne'er-do-wells if not outright criminals. What had made Elias's face and name so well known to the masses of Los Angeles was his use of the media, his skill at probing the inflamed nerve of racism in the city, and the fact...